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Muraena helena (European moray; Mediterranean moray; Moray; Murry; Black moray; Double tooth soldierfish; Marbled moray; Moray eel; St. Helena moray)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Mediterranean moray (sometimes also called Roman eel, Muraena helena,زريمباية) is a fish of the moray eel family. It has a long eel-like body and is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Its bite can be dangerous to humans.
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Prey / Diet

Galathea strigosa (Squat lobster)[1]
Phycis phycis (Fork-beard)[1]
Pilumnus hirtellus (bristly crab)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Sargocentron rubrum (Soldier fish)1
Scorpaena porcus (Black scorpion fish)1

Predators

Epinephelus marginatus (Yellowbelly rockcod)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Bothriocephalus claviceps[3]
Enoplocotyle minima[3]
Lecithochirium grandiporum[3]
Lecithochirium rufoviride[3]
Muraenicola mediterraneus[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1FEEDING HABITS AND TROPHIC STATUS OF MEDITERRANEAN MORAY EEL, MURAENA HELENA L. 1758 IN THE ADRIATIC SEA – PRELIMINARY APPROACH, S. Matic-Skoko, P. Tutman, E. Marcelja, D. Skaramuca, D. Ðikic, D. Lisicic and B. Skaramuca, Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Médit., 39, 2010, p. 583
♦ 2ANALYSIS OF TROPHIC ONTOGENY IN EPINEPHELUS MARGINATUS (SERRANIDAE), Marta LINDE, Antoni M. GRAU, Francesca RIERA & Enric MASSUTÍ-PASCUAL, Cybium 2004, 28(1): 27-35
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0